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76. Survivors. 94. Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. On August 31, 1988, the flight, using a Boeing 727-200 series aircraft, crashed during takeoff at Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), resulting in 14 deaths and 76 injuries among the 108 on board. [1][2][3][4]
The 1988 crash of Delta Flight 1141 was the last major commercial accident at Dallas-Fort Worth. ... Rescuers pull a member of the Delta 1141 crew from the wreckage after the Boeing 727 crashed ...
[1]: 39 When the NTSB later issued its report on Delta 1141, it found that the Delta crew had also engaged in non-pertinent conversation, including a discussion of the cockpit voice recorder from the crash of Continental 1713; [21] First Officer Casey Kirkland joked with flight attendant Dixie Dunn (the latter a fatality) that they too should ...
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, a Boeing 727 flying between Dallas-Fort Worth and Salt Lake City on Aug. 31, 1988, crashed shortly after takeoff. Of the 108 on board, two crew members and 12 ...
November 10, 1946: Delta Air Lines Flight 10, a Douglas DC-3 which departed Jackson, Mississippi attempting to land at then Meridian Key Field (MEI) in a thunderstorm and winds, had a runway excursion after landing, going beyond the end of the runway and up the western slope of a ditch adjoining the highway adjacent to the airport, bouncing over a highway, and coming to rest with the nose ...
But two of the “moments” were tragedies: the 1985 crash of Delta 191 and the 1988 crash of Delta 1141. Forgive me if I don’t dwell on those. In 1985, I was in the Star-Telegram newsroom.
On 31 August 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14 of the 108 people on board. The subsequent investigation determined that the pilots forgot to extend the aircraft's flaps and slats for takeoff.
July 25, 2024 at 10:06 AM. Delta CEO Ed Bastian arrived in Paris Wednesday morning for the opening of the Olympics as his airline struggled to recover from a five-day meltdown that left an ...